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$$$$ spent on ads against Rob Quist: $5,6000,000
$$$$ spent on ads against Greg Gianforte: $656,423
Source FEC.
spanone
(135,950 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Wow.
SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)tazkcmo
(7,306 posts)The GOPee, actually Paul Ryan's PAC for the most part, spent 5.6 million on a race in a district that Shit Gibbon won by 20 points while the Democratic Party spent less than a half million on a lack luster dark horse.
Me.
(35,454 posts)With the rest of the 2.4mil he raised?
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)I would hope money is put into field--- staff (perhaps paid canvassers), office space (very large district, needs multiple offices), support (food, water, etc), supplies, walk pieces, direct mail
But when you're being outspent at least half should've been spent. 1 Mil goes a long way in Montana. And he added to that after May 5, not gargantuan sums, but more.
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)Then the budget can be eaten up very fast
(I've been a field and canvass director and have managed such budgets)